I check in on SNL every 2-4 years or so...

[Cid_B]

Yup.. still sucks...

[Drale]

1. They have some funny sketches but

you have to wade through a ton a crap to find them. You might as well wait till they release to best of on DvD in a few years.

[Electric Monk]

2. Only so much can get by the censors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3JLKw0q4kY <see here

[lpbk2713]

3. I thought it would be special so I tuned in.

I haven't seen more than 30 seconds of SNL in one stretch in the last twenty years. I thought there might be hope for a good show tonight with Tina Fey hosting and with all the material available to them this past week. Wrong. I could only handle about five minutes before turning it off.

[Cid_B]

4. My hope as well..

Still sucks... potentially getting even worse...

[Tx4obama]

5. You turned it off too quick.

The GOP debate skit with Tina Fey:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1062044

[Duer 157099]

6. I used to do that, way back when

Then it was every decade, and now it's every two decades. Yep, not missing anything.

[Joe Bacon]

7. It's been Saturday Night Brain Dead for years.

It's been going consistently downhill since Eddie Murphy left.

[johnnie]

8. I used to watch SNL from the beginning

Anyone who doesn't think there has been some crappy shows from the beginning has no idea about the show. Trust me, there were some stinkers even with the original cast.

[WCGreen]

12. I remember I was the person I hung around with that wasn't 18

back in the Fall of 1975. I had my first apartment and I was by myself this one Saturday night. Turns out it was the First SNL and I saw it purely by accident. It wonderful because the comedy was off the wall.

What I remember most from that first show was the muppets from hell.... They did this sketch where a big muppet was gulping down little muppets.

[Donnachaidh]

17. not as frequently as there is with snl the last few years

very occasional stinkers on the first cast -- but each new cast has gotten worse and worse. It's unwatchable now.

[chollybocker]

9. It really sucks.

It's now the exact opposite of what it used to be.

[richmwill]

10. It's unwatchable

Ever since it became a spontaneous singing/dancing show.

[customerserviceguy]

11. I liked most of tonight's show

But the last half hour was as sucky as many of the shows have been. The first hour is pretty good, although the Betty White show from last season was the best one in many years.

[eleny]

13. Disappointing when even "Stefon" can't keep it together with a straight face

[pokerfan]

14. Best way to watch SNL is

to follow mediaite. If SNL actually does something funny, they will have it.

Shep Smith Hosts Fox’s GOP Debate With Palin, Bachmann And Trump On SNL:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/snls-shep-smith-hosts-foxs-gop-debate-with-palin-tina-fey-bachmann-and-trump

SNL’s ‘Stefon’ Recommends Mother’s Day NYC Nightclubs:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/snls-stefon-recommends-mothers-day-nyc-nightclubs

Osama bin Laden Reads His Last Will And Testament On SNL:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/osama-bin-laden-reads-his-last-will-and-testament-on-snl

[joshcryer]

15. SNL has never been funny to the generation that is watching it.

It's always funny in "retrospect" and then mostly for nostalgic reasons.

Of course there are the exceptional skits that people do find funny currently, but they're rare.

[Donnachaidh]

18. the original cast was considered very funny by the generation watching it.

And if a show has gotten so bad it's only *retrospectively* funny -- it's time to shitcan it. IMO YMMV. :shrug:

[gauguin57]

16. They have about four shows' worth of good material each season anymore.

But I still watch and hope ... mainly because they have some very talented cast members.

[Modern_Matthew]

19. End FCC censorship rules and it will get considerably better. nt

[Shagbark Hickory]

20. I like it. I think it's funny.

I guess that makes me a do-do bird.
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